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    • simon le bonS Offline
      simon le bon
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      Dear Dale,

      This is my first entry to your very fine thread.

      @unknownuser said:

      The Dutch manufacturer Bolefloor offers a line of flooring composed of blades and curvaceous lines. Made of solid wood and raw, they dovetail with each other, traveled knots and imperfections, the ground component of wave patterns.

      I don't know how they can achieve that,..(and how that costs)!

      http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj245/Spendauballet/generalPicts/1587-architecture-design-muuuz-interieur-decoration-produit-parquet-bois-brut-lames-courbes-bolefloor-3.jpg

      http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj245/Spendauballet/generalPicts/1587-architecture-design-muuuz-interieur-decoration-produit-parquet-bois-brut-lames-courbes-bolefloor-2.jpg

      http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj245/Spendauballet/generalPicts/340a_large.jpg

      +simon.

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      • simon le bonS Offline
        simon le bon
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        2nd entry 😉

        Foxy and/or funny:

        @unknownuser said:

        The Milanese designer Emanuele Magini sign this sofa for the publisher Campeggio

        http://muuuz.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/1604-architecture-design-muuuz-mobilier-milan-2011-canape-sofa-sosia-emanuele-magini-campeggi-1.jpg

        http://muuuz.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/1604-architecture-design-muuuz-mobilier-milan-2011-canape-sofa-sosia-emanuele-magini-campeggi-2.jpg

        http://muuuz.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/1604-architecture-design-muuuz-mobilier-milan-2011-canape-sofa-sosia-emanuele-magini-campeggi-3.jpg

        http://muuuz.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/1604-architecture-design-muuuz-mobilier-milan-2011-canape-sofa-sosia-emanuele-magini-campeggi-4.jpg

        http://muuuz.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/1604-architecture-design-muuuz-mobilier-milan-2011-canape-sofa-sosia-emanuele-magini-campeggi-5.jpg

        And this so simple and so evident light:

        Corner Light par Peter Bristol

        http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj245/Spendauballet/generalPicts/tumblr_lkt6tzmd5j1qgfp5wo1_500.jpg

        (source: Muuuz.com _ the latest trends in architecture, design and decoration.)

        +simon

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        • daleD Offline
          dale
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          Hey Simon.
          I absolutely love that floor. Thanks for the postings.
          this one is the Shetland Museum, by BDP http://www.bdp.com/en/Projects/By-Name/P-Z/Shetland-Museum-And-Archives/


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          Just monkeying around....like Monsanto

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          • W Offline
            watkins
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            Sculpture by Janet Echelman

            "This newly completed sculpture commission by Janet Echelman, changes shape in the wind. 160 feet tall, the sculpture spans 300 feet and suspends over a three-lane highway roundabout on the Atlantic coastline in Porto, Portugal. It is credited as the first permanent monumental sculpture to incorporate fluid movement and is called "one of the truly significant public artworks in recent years" by Sculpture Magazine. The sculpture integrates the history of Porto, where a fishing village became an industrial area with smokestacks and tanks. The red and white stripe pattern of the smoke stack referencing elements continues into the sculptural net shape. The shape of the net mirrors the landscape below. The solid, unmoving forms on the ground accentuate the movement and changing forms in the air"

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            • daleD Offline
              dale
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              I find it interesting the responses of the people in the video, as usually public art of this kind and scale evokes a lot of negative responses.
              I took a workshop with Christo http://christojeanneclaude.net/rf.shtml#
              when I was in art school, and it was an interesting insight into the thought process behind this style of artwork that almost becomes ongoing performance art. Below: Christo and Jean Claude "Running Fence"


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              Just monkeying around....like Monsanto

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              • david_hD Offline
                david_h
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                I Think Landscape art is terrific. Here in my neck of the woods we have a world famous piece ourselves.

                The Spiral Jetty. Robert Smithson, 1971 Its on the Shore of the Great Salt Lake. after it was created in 1971 the lake rose and it had been submerged for over 35 years. back in 04, the lake receded and the jetty was visible again. I drove my family out there (about 2 hours away) to walk out there and see this once in a life time phenomenon. It was all crusted over with salt. It was so ethereal and other-worldly. I think it under water again. That's my daughter and Phoebe the wonder hound. and the other is my son. That is SALT they are standing on. Weird Huh?
                Spiral Jetty Great Salt Lake


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                If I make it look easy...It is probably easy

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                • daleD Offline
                  dale
                  last edited by

                  This reminds me of finding an old teepee ring hiking a few days back in the mountains.
                  Particularly with pieces like the Jetty, there is a timelessness.
                  A great thing to share with the kids, and I'm sure wunderhund loved it too.

                  Just monkeying around....like Monsanto

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                  • david_hD Offline
                    david_h
                    last edited by

                    Phoebe liked the salt but after a while she was telling us. . .get me outta here!!!!

                    D
                    😄

                    If I make it look easy...It is probably easy

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                    • D Offline
                      d12dozr
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                      A hard shell backpack

                      http://cdn.dornob.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/hard-shell-bag-opening.jpg

                      3D Printing with SketchUp Book
                      http://goo.gl/f7ooYh

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                      • david_hD Offline
                        david_h
                        last edited by

                        . . . and its inspiration 💚


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                        batman-batmobile4.jpg

                        If I make it look easy...It is probably easy

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                        • daleD Offline
                          dale
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                          @d12dozr said:

                          A hard shell backpack

                          http://cdn.dornob.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/hard-shell-bag-opening.jpg

                          This is an interesting company formed almost co-operative style in Columbia, now has what it calls "workshops" around the world. Base material is recycled tires and inner tubes.
                          Features a lot of simple elegant designs 👍 nice find
                          http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=en&http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=en&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dcyclus%2Bcolombia%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26hs%3DTRt%26pwst%3D1%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla;en-US;official%26prmd%3Divns&rurl=translate.google.ca&sl=es&twu=1&u=http://www.cyclus-col.com/productos/coleccion_clasica/carteras.html&usg=ALkJrhg-toQ3b_-0vIrN-U2UQG8-wuulUg#
                          now that 😮 is a link


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                          Just monkeying around....like Monsanto

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                          • unclebimU Offline
                            unclebim
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                            Link Preview Image
                            Joseph Walsh

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                            (www.josephwalshstudio.com)


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                            • daleD Offline
                              dale
                              last edited by

                              Really nice stuff! Thanks


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                              Just monkeying around....like Monsanto

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                              • unclebimU Offline
                                unclebim
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                                Link Preview Image
                                Metropol Parasol // The World’s Largest Wooden Structure

                                What is there not to like about Metropol Parasol?  The waffle-like crown structure in Seville, Spain has been finally completed in April 2011 after a

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                                Yatzer (yatzer.com)


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                                  d12dozr
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                                  Cool, unclebim! Its awesome what 3D sculptures can be made starting with flat stock and a CNC machine!
                                  That's how these mind-boggling stairs were made, as well: http://www.atmosstudio.com/#791981/081-23MR-Stairs = Tons of photos...

                                  http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/66609/791981/---IMG_0868_950.jpg

                                  http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/66609/791981/---IMG_1512_950.jpg

                                  3D Printing with SketchUp Book
                                  http://goo.gl/f7ooYh

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                                  • pilouP Offline
                                    pilou
                                    last edited by

                                    Don't no why I have missed this thread 😳
                                    My contribution! 😉
                                    My SKP model of this Alessi Cupola by Aldo Rossi 😒
                                    Aldo_cupola.jpg

                                    Frenchy Pilou
                                    Is beautiful that please without concept!
                                    My Little site :)

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                                    • daleD Offline
                                      dale
                                      last edited by

                                      @unclebim said:

                                      Link Preview Image
                                      Metropol Parasol // The World’s Largest Wooden Structure

                                      What is there not to like about Metropol Parasol?  The waffle-like crown structure in Seville, Spain has been finally completed in April 2011 after a

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                                      Yatzer (yatzer.com)

                                      Thanks unclebim, This architects website is really worth a visit. http://www.jmayerh.de/home.htm
                                      Some very inspiring work here, and a great website.
                                      Some more.


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                                      • daleD Offline
                                        dale
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                                        @unknownuser said:

                                        Don't no why I have missed this thread 😳
                                        My contribution! 😉
                                        My SKP model of this Alessi Cupola by Aldo Rossi 😒
                                        [attachment=2:w2a3672x]<!-- ia2 -->Aldo_cupola.jpg<!-- ia2 -->[/attachment:w2a3672x]

                                        Ah Rossi. I love his preliminary sketches. Passes in 1997.
                                        Also the Author of L’architettura della città [The Architecture of the City] (1966), and Scientific Autobiography (1981). Thanks Pilou.


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                                        • daleD Offline
                                          dale
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                                          @d12dozr said:

                                          Cool, unclebim! Its awesome what 3D sculptures can be made starting with flat stock and a CNC machine!
                                          That's how these mind-boggling stairs were made, as well: http://www.atmosstudio.com/#791981/081-23MR-Stairs = Tons of photos...

                                          It is going to be interesting to see what happens when Atmosstudio completes their website, because those stair images, and the others that are in place are awesome.
                                          I can't help thinking Rennie Mackintosh, and Gaudi when I see images like this.


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                                          • daleD Offline
                                            dale
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                                            A Mackintosh just for reference. http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/Mackintosh/browse.html


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